ORLEANS, MASS. (WHDH) - A Cape Cod beach was closed to swimming for an hour Sunday after a confirmed white shark sighting off the coast, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy’s Sharktivity app.

The conservancy says the confirmed sighting occurred at 1:50 p.m. Sunday off Nauset Beach. That sighting prompted the temporary closure of the beach.

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